Customs officers have seized a shipment of 600 live cobras being smuggled through Thailand from Malaysia and believed destined for restaurants in nearby countries. Benja Louichareon, director-general of the Excise Department, revealed the bust at a press conference on Tuesday. Read more: Bangkok Post
NARATHIWAT, Nov 13 – Two men were gunned down in two southern Thai provinces this morning, in ambush shootings presumably related to the ongoing insurgency. In Narathiwat, Sama-ae Malee, 52, was shot dead while he was riding a motorcycle in Ruso district. A gunman in a pickup truck fired at the victim and left the […]
A car bomb was set off behind Narathiwat’s Reu Soh police station yesterday evening, killing at least three people and injuring six others, while two others were injured by a motorcycle bomb at Ban Yaba School. The two bombs occurred at 6pm yesterday. Meanwhile, a former kamnan of tambon Thanon in Ma-Yor in Pattani was […]
Two Thai women were arrested in Narathiwat while trying to smuggle five kilograms of crystal methamphetamine “ice” through the Sungai Kolok border crossing, police said yesterday. Arisara Thesaka, 30, and Anong Raksalert, 35, were hired through Facebook by a Nigerian man with the profile name of Kelvin Osondu. They were to be paid Bt150,000 to […]
Yesterday 16 people including three six-year-old girls were wounded in a grenade attack at a night food shop in Pattani’s Sai Buri district, which was packed with diners and visitors to a nearby market during the Muslim holiday. Quoting eyewitnesses, police said two men on a motorcycle approached the shop and the rider threw a […]
BANGKOK, Oct 24 – Residents in the south of Thailand are being warned by the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department of heavy rain during Oct 24-25. Director-general of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department, Chatchai Promlert, said a report from the Meteorological Department indicated that low pressure ridges are covering the middle part of the […]
Deputy PM Yuthasak Sasiprapha and Army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha yesterday visited Pattani and instructed officials to exercise caution on today’s 8th anniversary of Narathiwat’s Tak Bai massacre. Pol Colonel Tawee Sodsong, director of the Southern Border Provinces Administration Centre (SBPAC), insisted that the government had taken good care of those affected by the incident. […]
Rayong residents and tourism businesses to Koh Samet island may be hurting from the abrupt November 1 closing of the Koh Samet port bridge for safety reasons. Construction of a replacement bridge was stalled because the builders lacked required permits. By Pattaya Daily News
